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As the minutes and hours tick away toward the end of another year and toward the beginning of a New Year, I have one final, meaningless, inane, and foolish observation to make about the species often referred to as “homo sapiens.” Despite the inevitable pain, suffering, illness, and disappointment that will greet many us in the New Year, we, nevertheless, will continue to strive and expand, explore and discover, invent and astonish. We might be flawed, but more than anything, we are survivors. To family, friends, ex-friends, and foes I bid you a Happy and Healthy New Year.

In my lifetime, there has been only been a handful of films that have truly captured and celebrated the beauty and magic of the cinema. Off hand, Francois Trauffaut’s “Day for Night” and Woody Allen’s “Purple Rose of Cairo.” Yesterday, I had the great honor of seeing Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo.” It not only pays homage to greaert inventors and artists of the early cinema but might be the most beautiful film I have ever seen. Thank you, Mr. Scorsese, for your diligence in preserving the films of the great cinematic artists of the past and for making some of the greatest films and works of art in cinematic history.

For a beautiful picture of the key art for the film, check out Trend Rabbit’s post by clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/rQLNVd

A teenager’s IQ can rise or fall as many as 20 points in just a few years, a brain-scanning team found in a study published Wednesday that suggests the intelligence measure isn’t as fixed as once thought.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak has announced it is extending free wireless internet to about a dozen East Coast routes, including the Northeast Regional trains running from Boston to Virginia.

The Wi-Fi service known as Amtrak Connect has already been available on Acela Express trains in the Northeast. The Washington Post reported the free wireless expansion Monday. It quoted Amtrak officials as saying the free wireless
internet will now be available for passengers on key routes from the Northeast to Georgia.

Amtrak estimates that nearly 60 percent of the train system’s riders will now have access to free Wi-Fi. Amtrak made free
wireless service available on its Acela Express trainings beginning last year and says it plans to add the free service to Amtrak trains in California by year’s end.